04 March 2013

Blame, blame, blame. Fox News Sunday broadcast former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's first interview since losing the 2012 election. Romney blamed his loss on his poor performance among "minorities" and the "lower incomes" whom he claimed were seduced by the Affordable Care Act.

ROMNEY: We did very well with the majority population, but not with minority populations, and that was a failing, that was a real mistake.

CHRIS WALLACE: Why do you think that was?

ROMNEY: Well, I think the Obamacare attractiveness and feature was something we underestimated, particularly among lower incomes. And, uh, just didn’t do as good a job in connecting with that audience as we should have.

Ann Romney said she blamed the media for unfairly treating her husband. The portrayals of them as rich and out-of-touch kept the public from getting "to know Mitt for who he was." While she shed tears after the loss, she said, "I'm mostly over it. But not completely."

23 January 2013

Mehcad Brooks has lent his star power and "seductive" talents to raise awareness on the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. The Necessary Roughness hotness is featured in a new video produced by the Center for Reproductive Rights ... holding a rose, talking to the camera as if he were addressing a lover on their "anniversary" and calling her "baby".

"An anniversary like this is not something you forget," said the actor in reference to the landmark 1973 Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion.

FOX News—predictably—is not pleased with Brooks or the pro-choice spot.FOX News' The Five devoted a segment to the video. "If you are pro-life, or if you’re pro-choice, I think everybody can agree there is something tasteless about this ad," said Andrea Tantaros. "It seems to glorify and sexualize abortion. I don’t think one woman out there celebrates the anniversary of her abortion."

06 November 2012

FOX News starts Election Day with an ominous breaking news banner warning that "New Black Panthers" are "intimidating white" voters in Philadelphia. "This is a member of the Black Panthers standing guard outside a polling place in Philadelphia," co-host Gretchen Carlson noted. "The organization said it was thinking about monitoring the elections. Critics say it’s more like intimidation."

A member of the New Black Panther Party who was charged with voter intimidation in the 2008 election for standing outside a Philadelphia polling site was back Tuesday morning – in an official capacity.

Jerry Jackson, who was charged in the 2008 case along with Minister King Samir Shabazz, but later saw charges dropped by the Department of Justice, was seen early Tuesday outside a North Philadelphia voting site wearing the group’s trademark black beret, combat-style uniform and heavy boots. Fox News confirmed he is a designated poll watcher.

There were also reports of New Black Panther Party members at polling sites in Cleveland, Ohio, where they have also maintained a presence at early voting sites. Critics complain that they are an intimidating presence and could discourage white voters, who may be more likely to vote Republican, from entering polling sites.

"Fox News mentioned the New Black Panther Party over 95 times
in less than two weeks in 2010," adds Raw Story. "After the Department of Justice declined
to pursue charges against a member of the New Black Panther Party for
carrying a billy club to a polling place."

A dog whistle so loud that even Helen Keler could hear it. Why not just claim that a "race war" will happen after the election instead of simply ignoring why Black poll watchers are needed in Black neighborhoods? Watch the "report" AFTER THE JUMP ...

05 November 2012

News Corporation Chairman Rupert Murdoch's is not pleased with New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's praise of President Obama's handling of Hurricane Sandy. Murdoch lashed out in a series of tweets, culminating in this message where he approved cancellation of the New York City marathon and warned that Christie will "take blame" for the next four years unless he "re-declare[s] for Romney."

Murdoch gives a "slight edge" to Obama but doubts the accuracy of the key state polls. Heehee.

04 October 2011

That was fast. ESPN has pulled Hank Williams Jr's theme song for Monday Night Football after the country music singer's bizarre and racist rant on Fox & Friends.

The entertainer and teabagger criticized Speaker of the House John Boehner for playing golf with President Obama, comparing that to "Hitler playing golf with [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu." Williams added that Obama and Vice President Joe Biden​ are "the enemy."

Watch the FOX segment and MSNBC's Ed Schultz discuss the drama AFTER THE JUMP ...

26 June 2011

Rep. Michele Bachmann appeared on FOX News Sunday to discuss her presidential campaign, the economy and Friday night's historic marriage equality vote in New York. "In New York state, they have passed the law at the state legislative level," said the Minnesota Republican. "Under the 10th amendment, the states have the right to set the laws that they want to set."

Bachmann added that she supported the ballot initiative process and a federal marriage amendment, which would invalidate the state laws. "Every time it's going on the ballot, the people have decided to keep the traditional definition. After all, the family is the fundamental unit of government."

In recent months, the anti-gay founder of the U.S. House Tea Party Caucus praised conservative Iowa voters for ousting three justices involved in the unanimous Iowa Supreme Court ruling that brought marriage equality. Bachmann also supported the Minnesota legislature's May vote to send a constitutional amendment banning same sex marriage to voters.

15 May 2011

Former Arkansas governor and 2008 Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee announced on his FOX News show that he would not run for president in 2012. "All the factors say go, but my heart says no," said Huckabee on his Fox News Channel show.

Huckabee, who won the early 2008 Iowa Caucus and finished second the John McCain in the GOP primaries, removed himself from contention "despite polling that suggested he would be a strong player" among social conservatives, reported the Washington Post.

Huckabee becomes the latest high-profile Republican to skip the race and his decision "leaves America’s social conservatives without a clear candidate to throw their support behind," adds the Post. Watch the announcement AFTER THE JUMP ...

One of those interviewed: Former U.S. Army Lt. Anthony Woods, the Harvard and West Point graduate who was discharged once his sexuality was discovered. Woods, who led an 81-soldier combat unit in Iraq and earned a Bronze Star, launched an historic campaign to become the first openly gay Black man elected to Congress. Unfortunately, he did not win the special election.

Woods says the military definitely can rapidly implement repeal. Watch AFTER THE JUMP ...

The impoverished city of Camden, New Jersey may "permanently shut its library system, potentially leaving
residents among the few in the United States
unable to borrow a library book free," reports Philly.com. "[The city] is facing a $28 million projected deficit stemming from reductions
in state aid and a long-standing lack of taxable property. ... Discussions are under way that would allow the county library system to take over at least one branch. There is little, if any, precedent to permanently closing an entire library system, experts said. The American Library Association could only cite one other example."

"The company's media outlets play politics more openly than most, but the huge contribution to a party committee is a new step toward an open identification between Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. and the GOP. The company's highest-ranking Democratic executive, Peter Chernin, recently departed. ... Spokesman Jack Horner emails, 'News Corporation believes in the power of free markets, and the RGA’s pro-business agenda supports our priorities at this most critical time for our economy.' The giant check to the RGA dwarfs low four-figure checks from Fox's PAC to Democrats including Harry Reid and Chuck Schumer."

The RGA is headed by Mississippi's right-wing and anti-gay Republican Gov. Haley Barbour.

So much for fair and balanced. In the wake of Target's refusal to donate to pro-gay candidates to make amends for its $150,000 donation to anti-gay Republican Minnesota gubernatorial candidate Tom Emmer, the era of corporate social accountability is apparently rapidly disappearing.